STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: June 22, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an two-year eighteen-month subrecipient agreement to provide legal services to residential tenants at risk of eviction and homelessness due to financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic for the Office of Equity and Inclusion - Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, most advantageous proposer of two - Not to exceed $250,000 $500,000 - Financing: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
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BACKGROUND
This subrecipient agreement will provide for eviction legal services for the Dallas Eviction Assistance Initiative. The Evictions Assistance Initiative was created to continue mitigation of evictions efforts in Dallas. The initiative establishes an evictions program where direct legal services will be provided to Dallas residents including at least 30 percent of intended beneficiaries at or below the Federal Poverty Guidelines, and residents negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the initiative is to mitigate Dallas residents finding themselves facing eviction and possible homelessness without the resources to retain legal representation.
Due to the lingering impacts of COVID-19 financial hardships, residential tenants continue to face the threat of eviction and homelessness. Since the end of the CDC Eviction Moratorium on August 26, 2021, the number of evictions filed in Dallas have steadily increased to pre-pandemic numbers as noted in the North Texas Evictions Project https://northtexasevictions.org/(northtexasevictions.org
It can reasonably be deduced from interactions with residents, the court administrators, and the County that City residents continue to experience a steady incre...
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